Pursuant to CPL 300.50, assault in the second degree is a lesser included offense of robbery in the second degree which, by definition, is committed when an individual forcibly steals property and causes physical injury to a person who is not a participant in the crime (Penal Law § 160.10 [2] [a]). Since defendant's conviction for robbery in the second degree necessarily encompasses the crime of assault in the second degree (People v Boyd,
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